Telephone service devices



p 2 1958 A. G. ROSA 2,853,054

TELEPHONE SERVICE DEVICES Filed July 9, 1956 INVENTOR. 2 Anthony G. Roso.

ATTORNEY.

United States Patent TELEPHONE SERVICE DEVHIES Anthony G. Rosa, Lyndhurst, N. 3. Application July 9, 1956, Serial No. 596,594

2 Claims. (Cl. IMF-108) This invention relates to improvements in telephone service devices, and it has for its object to provide a device, which, while entirely separate from and independent of the telephone apparatus or its accessories, will nevertheless lend itself to attachment to a telephone apparatus and greatly facilitate the service in connection with the latter.

In the following description of said device similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of a telephone apparatus showing my device attached thereto.

Figure 2 is a view partly in elevation and partly in section, taken on the line 22 in Figure 1, with the pencil omitted.

Figure 3 shows in an enlarged elevation the outer wall of my device, but without the pencil holder attached thereto.

Figure 4 is a top plane view taken on the line 4-4 in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of a pencil holder attached to the outside of the wall shown in Figure Figures 6 and 7 are detail views.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 shows a telephone apparatus to which my device 11 is attached.

As illustrated in Figure 2, the said device comprises a plate 17 bent upon itself, as shown at 13; of this plate the shorter portion 14 is adapted to slide inside the wall 15 of the telephone apparatus in securing the device to the latter, while the longer portion 16 lies flat against the outer side of said wall 15, thus forming a double wall attachment.

The portion 16 of the plate 17 is formed with anloutwardly extending protuberance 18, which, in turn, is provided with an orifice 19 adapted to receive and retain the locking member 20 of a chain 21. The portion 14 of said plate 17 is formed with an opening 22 which is larger than the orifice 19 in order to permit the insertion of the chain 21 with its locking member 20.

A pencil holder 23, adapted to receive the pencil 27, is made from a plate bent upon itself; said plate is formed with projections 24, 24, upon each side thereof adapted for insertion in the slot 26 from the outside in the plate 17 (Figure 3); the ends of said projections 24, 24 are folded over said plate 17 upon the inner surface thereof, as may be seen in Figure 5.

The plate 17 may be made of any suitable material and has inwardly extending corrugations 25; said plate may, however, also be formed with a slight arc and with an angle at both ends thereof, as seen in Figures 6 and 7, respectively, in order to give more strength to said plate, thereby permitting a light gage material to be used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. A pencil holder made for attachment to a telephone apparatus, said holder comprising a blank bent upon itself to form a longer and a shorter wall, the longer wall having an oblong slot and a round orifice therein, a pencil holder bent upon itself and formed with prongs, the latter being inserted in said slot and folded upon the inside of said longer wall, the shorter wall having an opening larger than and in alignment with said orifice, and a chain inserted through said opening and orifice, said chain terminating in a locking member passable through the opening in the shorter wall but retained by the orifice in the longer wall and flush with the latter.

2. A pencil holder made for attachment to a telephone apparatus, said holder comprising a blank bent upon itself to form a longer and a shorter wall and being adapted to engage the wall of said apparatus, the longer wall having an oblong slot therein and a protuberance below the latter, said protuberance being formed with an orifice, a pencil holder bent upon itself and formed with prongs, the latter being inserted in said slot and folded upon the inside of said longer wall, the shorter wall having an opening therein larger than said orifice, and a chain inserted through said opening and orifice, said chain terminating in a locking member passable through the opening in the'shorter wall but retained by the orifice in the longer wall and flush with the latter.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 428,818 Schram May 27, 1890 2,009,991 Anderson Aug. 6, 1935 2,641,809 Kimball June 16, 1953 

